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Cory's Corner: Inside Or Outside Linebacker?

After the NFL Combine, it looks like the Packers must now wrestle with a philosophical question: inside or outside linebacker.

With quarterbacks Kyler Murray, Dwayne Haskins and Drew Lock all expected to go in the top 10 combined with wide receiver D.K. Metcalf looking like Superman in Indy, the Packers will have choices on defense.

When Ted Thompson ran things, he never gave inside linebacker much of a thought. He drafted 10 inside linebackers with an average draft round position of 4.7 — and that includes A.J. Hawk in the first round. Thompson drafted seven outside linebackers with an average round position of 4.